Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald has a pretty big pair of Monarchs to fill. Yesterday the team announced that he’s taking the place of former head coach Pete Carroll, who had a successful 14-year run at that position, including two straight trips to the Super Bowl at his peak and one championship ring. While Macdonald has his work cut out for him, the good news is that he’s inherited a pretty solid and relatively young roster that came about five tackles short of making the playoffs this season.
In order to get back to the postseason – and eventually the Super Bowl – Macdonald will have to make the right decisions in several key areas. Here are four of the most-important questions facing Seattle’s new head coach.